To rebuke
יָכַחStrong’s H3198yakhach (ya-khach)
Appears in 55 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yakhach is the Hebrew word usually translated “reproves”, “rebuked” and “decide”. It appears in 55 verses of the Old Testament.
“And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.”
Meaning
- To prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right(Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be chastened · (Niphal) to reason, reason together · (Hithp) to argue
How it's translated
- reproves 4
- and he rebuked 3
- and he will decide 3
- certainly 2
- and he will rebuke 2
- to reprove 2
- you rebuke me 2
- vindicated 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 15
- Proverbs 9
- Psalms 7
- Genesis 6
- Isaiah 6
- 1 Chronicles 2
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- Genesis 24:14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
- Genesis 24:44And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.
- Genesis 31:37Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
- Genesis 31:42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
- Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
All 55 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
יָכַח yakhach · to rebuke
1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rebuke” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REBU'KE, verb transitive
[See Pack and Impeach.]
- To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check by reproof.“Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor” Leviticus 19:17
- To check or restrain.“The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan” Zechariah 3:2
- To chasten; to punish; to afflict for correction.“O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger” Psalms 6:1
- To check; to silence.“Master, rebuke thy disciples” Luke 19:39
All definitions and other forms of “rebuke”
- To check; to heal.“And he stood over her and rebuked the fever” Luke 4:39
- To restrain; to calm.“He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea” Matthew 8:26
REBU'KE, noun
- A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension.
- In Scripture, chastisement; punishment; affliction for the purpose of restraint and correction. Ezekiel 5:15
- In low language, any kind of check.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.